The merge! I love the merge. It's always fun to see whether old alliances stand up or whether new alliances are the more important. Also, it's fun to see people like Marty - who are totally in the doghouse - have their situations improve. It's not like Marty's a superstar on the other side either, but he's definitely got a few allies, and more room to maneuver. And really, Marty is fun to watch, am I right? It's hard not to respect his risky game-play, though it would be awesome if he'd shut up about it every once & a while.
After the merge, which always comes with food, NaOnka got all Russell Hantz on us and stole a bunch of food and hid it for herself for later. Here's the difference between NaOnka & Russell, however. Russell would have hidden the food and would NEVER have owned up about it. He'd have revelled in the chaos. Also, he'd likely have hidden the food in other people's stuff to make it look like they took it. With Russell it was all about strategy. With NaOnka it's just about her. She hid the stuff because she "was mad." She didn't like the way she didn't get enough props for making tortillas and didn't feel like she got a big enough one herself. Ummm, YOU'RE making them. Make yourself a big one, girl! No, instead she got mad. To quote my husband.... "What, is she SIX?"
So the one clever thing she did is to take Alina along for the ride. Knowing Alina's on the outs, NaOnka figures that she should take Alina in, give her some food, and tell her that the tribe is gunning for her. Super smart move. If Alina gets voted out, NaOnka looks like she had her back & tried to save her. And everyone from here on out is on the jury.... Smart, right? NaOnka could actually go far in this game. She's cut-throat, she's thinking ahead, and she's got a great, solid alliance. And we hear a lot of the bad stuff, but I get the feeling that she's actually pretty well liked or they'd have booted her booty a while back.
Vacant Holly sees NaOnka take the flour. She only says something about it later, once people have found out that stuff is missing. Now, if I'm Holly, I'd have capitalized more on that & pushed a little harder. This will prove a costly mistake. Trust. When NaOnka does have to come clean about it, she says yeah, well, I did take the stuff, but I'm giving it all back. When she gets pushed on it, she pulls a brilliant girl move on Fabio and says something like, "I said I put it back, so move on." And walks away. Hee. Fabio's left there wondering what the hell just happened. Not many people would have gotten away with it like she did - even at Tribal Council when Dan brings it up, NaOnka just says, yeah I did it, but you got it back, so what? Makes it a non-issue. NaOnka should run for politics - she is good TV. And, to give her some credit, she didn't let Alina take the fall when people tried to pin it on both of them. She said, no, it was all me, she was just there. And to Alina's credit, she also owned up to not saying anything about it.
So anyways... the immunity challenge was this crazy thing where you had to hold an iron rod with these iron holder thingies.... Jane won for the women and Fabio for the men. Crazy Survivor McGuyver just kept holding on even after she'd won just to prove a point (mainly to her nemesis, Marty) that she was stronger than the boys. Well played, Jane. Jane could also win this thing. She has huge respect of most of the players, she's well-liked, she's got this North Carolina thing going with Chase, she's reminds others of their moms.... she catches fish, starts fires, and wins challenges. Uh, someone should vote Jane off. Marty is the ONLY one who gets this. So Marty tries to warn everyone at Tribal Council and comes off like a crazy mom-hater. Marty even says that if Jane makes the final and he doesn't, HE will vote for Jane because she's playing so well. Hee. Well played, Jane! I would love to see Marty AND Jane in the final, but unless Marty can keep pulling horseshoes out of his butt, his time is running out.
So speaking of that, Jane tried desperately to vote off Marty. She wasn't changing her mind no matter what. And it looked at first like most people were on board til Sash asked everyone to change their votes so that he wouldn't have to go back on his word to Marty that he'd be safe at the next Tribal if he gave Sash the immunity idol. Well played Sash. Finally, people are starting to play the jury game. At least some people are. So Alina got most of the votes & went home. I didn't think she was that bad, but she didn't really have any friends. She was on the wrong side of the alliance (remember, she was pals with Kelly B...) and just rubbed people the wrong way. Benry (who?) called her what was it? A something-weasel (then made a weasel face, which I thought was a little mean....) Puke-weasel? Weasel-face? Jerk-weasel? If anyone remembers the term, let me know. I'd like to rotate it into my vocabulary.
UPDATE: "GRADE-A DIRT SQUIRREL." Thanks, Don. Now I have 2 new things to call people when they pass me in the bus lane on Crowchild.
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